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No. 750,879. PATENTED FEB. 2, 1 04. W. N. MOORE & G. W. COPE.

ASH CHUTE FOR STOVES.

APPLICATION rum) OGT.26, 1903,

N0 MODEL.

hue 71150 715 Geog UNITED STATES Patented February 2, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM N. MOORE, OF J OLIET, ILLINOIS, AND GEORGE W. COPE, OF DETROIT,MICHIGAN, ASSIGNORS TO J OLIET STOVE WORKS, OF JOLIET,'1LLINOIS, ACORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

A SH-CHUTE FOR STOVES- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No.750,879, dated. February 2, 1904.

Application filed October 26, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM N. MOORE, residing at Joliet, in the countyof WVill and State of Illinois, and GEORGE IV. COPE, residing atDetroit, in the county of l/Vayne and State of Michigan, citizens of theUnited States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAsh-Chutes for Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in heating-stoves of that classwhich are provided not only with ash-pans, but with ashchutes, by which,if desired, the ashes may be delivered to the cellar instead of beingallowed to accumulate in the ash-pan in the ordinary way.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved construction indevices of this character by which the ash-chute as sent out from thefactory and while the ash-pan is being used will be effectually sealedagainst leakage of ashes or entrance of air through it, but by suchmeans as will at the same time be capable of being readily removed bythe ordinary unskilled user when it is desired to discontinue the use ofthe ash-pan and connect up the ashchute for service in its place.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of aheating-stove provided with an ash-pan and with an ash-chute constructedin accordance with the present improvements, the ash-pan being inposition for use and the ash-chute closed ofi. Fig. 2 is a similar view,assuming the ash-pan to have been removed and the ash-chute opened andproperly connected with a discharge-flue in the floor to anash-receptacle in the cellar beneath. Fig. 3 is a top plan section takenon line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The stove 1 chosen for illustration in said drawings is a hard-coalbase-burner, the general construction of which is, however, immaterialto the present improvement except as hereinafter described.

The base or ash-pit section 2 of the stove is Serial No. 178,484. (Nomodel.)

provided with the usual removable ash-pan 3 and also with an ash-chute4:, leading downward through the bottom of the section. This chute isnormally covered at its upper end by a slide 5, having a handle 6, whichextends out through the front of the stove and enables the slide to beconveniently manipulated, and as long as the ash-pan is used the slide 5will be left closed for the purpose of preventing the ashes fromentering the chute.

In the rough fitting of the castings used in stove construction,however, the joints around the slide are apt to be so loose as to permita leakage of ashes, which with hard coal are very fine, and if no otherprovision for holding them were made these would fall through upon thefloor or carpet beneath the stove. Moreover, the loose joints necessaryto allow for the free operation of the slide would also allow a leakageof air and interfere with the control of the fire, ash-pits being madeairtight, so far. as practicable, except for the draft-slide in theash-pit door, through which the admission of air is regulated. Toovercome both this leakage of ashes upon the floor and the leakage ofair in the ash-pit when the ash-chute is not to be used, the chute A isin this improvement arranged to be fully sealed by a transversepartition 7, made of asbestos board orfiber or other similar materialcapable of tightly closing the chute and at the same time soft enough tobe readily cut out with a knife whenever it is desired to connect up thechute to be used in place of the ash-pan.

As herein shown, the chute A converges downwardly for a short distancefrom the bottom of the ash-pit section and then flares again somewhatafter the manner of an hour-glass, the lower flaring end of the chuteserving when the chute is connected up to enter the end of a pipe 8,leading down through the floor of the room into any suitableashes-receptacle 9 in the cellar or basement, and the partition 7 isseated in a groove 10, provided in the chute at its point of smallestdiameter. The soft material of the partition will be expanded into thisgroove to make a practically air-tight joint and will then remain inplace until intentionally removed, which it may be at any time by meansof a knife in the hands of the ordinary user or householder, theservices of a skilled mechanic not being required and no special toolsbeing necessary for the operation.

To prevent the ashes from falling forward against the ash-pit door andto direct them rearwardly into the chute when the use of the ash-pan hasbeen discontinued and the chute has been brought into service, adeflector-plate 11 is provided as a part of the stove equipment. Thisplate is just long enough to extend transversely across the ash-pitsection just inside of the ash-pit door and is provided at its ends withears 12, through which and through the sides of the ash-pit sectionbolts 13 may be passed to secure the plate removably in place.

\Ve claim as our invention 1. A stove provided with an ash-chuteextending downwardly from the bottom of its ash-pit, a movable platenormally covering the ash-chute, and a removable partition extendingacross and tightly sealing the chute prior to its being brought intoservice, substantially as described.

2. A stove provided with an ash-chute extending downwardly from thebottom of its ash-pit, a movable plate normally covering the ash-chute,and a partition of easily-cut material extending across the chute belowthe plate to tightly seal the chute, substantially as described.

3. A stove provided with an ash-chute extending downwardly fromthebottom of the ash-pit, and a removable asbestos partition extendingacross the chute to tightly seal it, substantially as described.

4L. A stove provided with an ash pit and pan, an ash-chute extendingdownwardly from the bottom of the ash-pit, means for sealing the chutewhen the ash-pan is in use, and a deflector-plate adapted to be securedacross the front of the ash-pit when the ash-pan is removed and theash-chute is brought into service, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as our invention I afiix mysignature, in presence of two subscribing witnesses, this Q Lth day ofSeptember, A. D. 1903.

WVILLIAM N. MOORE.

Witnesses:

F. LoUIsE PHELPS, GERTRUDE A. MOORE.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as our invention I aflix mysignature, in presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 7th day ofOctober, A. D. 1903.

GEORGE W. COPE.

itnesses:

WVILLIAM E. BooK, JAMES P. BARRY.

